Asa Briggs: Difference between revisions

Asa Briggs was born in [[Keighley]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] in 1921 to William Briggs, an engineer, and his wife Jane.<ref name="The Guardian 15 March 2016"/> He was educated at [[Oakbank School, Keighley#Grammar school|Keighley Boys' Grammar School]] and [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], graduating with a BA (first class) in History, in 1941, and a BSc in Economics (first class) from the [[University of London External Programme]], also in 1941.<ref>{{cite web| last=Bridges| first=Sophie| title=The Papers of Asa Briggs| url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FBRIG| publisher=Janus| access-date=11 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian 15 March 2016"></ref>